One of the members of a dreaded street gang in the city was arrested recently by agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) – Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) in a buy-bust operation, right at his front door.


The arrested gang member was named as Raymond Estabillo Marrero, 19, single, high school undergraduate, jobless, and a resident of No. 85 Siapno Rd.,Pacdal,Baguio City.


Marrero sold three sticks of marijuana cigarette and 7.48 grams of dried cannabis fruiting tops divided in three connected sachets for P200 to one of the PDEA – CAR agents who posed as buyer during the anti-narcotic operation last April 14 at around 11:45 a,m.


The anti drug operatives also confiscated six marijuana seedlings cultivated in three flower pots at Marrero’s yard with a Dangerous Drugs Board value of P240.


Criminal cases for Violations of Section 5 (Sale of Dangerous Drugs) and Section 16 (Cultivation or Culture of Plants Classified as Dangerous Drugs or are Sources Thereof) of Republic Act 9165 (The Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002) had been filed against Marrero before the Office of the City Prosecutor of Baguio, under NPS Docket No. INQ-11-00856.


Reportedly, Marrero’s gang has been mostly responsible for snatching incidents, pickpocket crimes, and street drug pushing in Burnham Park and nearby areas.(PDEA/PIA CAR)